If you live, work or ride in the area, you owe it to yourself to attend, and get the real facts on how the project on Venice Blvd is working.

Because if the past is any indication, the people fighting to keep Venice Blvd an auto-centric nightmare will be quick with their own set of “facts” to deny it’s working. And demand the restoration of the traffic lanes that were removed to improve safety and livability on one of the Westside’s key corridors.

State

A state appellate court rules that the new law allowing you to cross the street while the walk signal is counting down applies retroactively, which means you might be able to get a refund if you got a ticket for crossing after the countdown began. Thanks to Henry Fung for the heads-up.

Scandinavian countries are successfully building a bicycling future, despite long distances, cold winters and a lack of infrastructure. And yet, they tell us no one will ever commute by bike in sunny Los Angeles.

3 comments

I want dockless biking to work and was excited when DC allowed a bunch of companies in the city. But each and every single time I have ridden one from Mobike (the only one I’ve tried so far), the bikes have been complete turds. Bad gears, swiveling seats, etc. Mobike should use the slogan, “If traffic doesn’t kill you, our bikes will.” I’m not asking for a 6K bike experience, but something one step above junk condition would not go amiss.

I don’t know if it was intentional or not, but the place where LA Great Streets usually shows its content is blank (see http://lagreatstreets.org/venice/). How does this work with the decision to remove the protected bike lanes? Maybe the money should be spent on a neighborhood that wants it. I say add 4 more lanes and raise the speed limit to 75, see how they like that. Maybe build a raised freeway through Mar Vista since that’s what they want.